I decided I wanted to have my project on my site, so I am reposting it. Thanks to Jen for having me as a guest at Tater tots and Jello back in August. Check it out here.

It all started with me being inspired by a fellow blogger, scouring my basement to find something to makeover, and I came across this:

It was the hutch for a dresser I bought off Kijiji for my daughter's room. Whoever painted it this terribly streaky brown must be controlled! But I snatched it for it's potential. Although I have to say it sat in my daughters room (attached to the dresser) for a year before I got sick of the ugliness and moved it to the basement. I had plans to paint it white, but.... excuses, excuses...

Anyways, with new hope for this piece I cut it in half on a table saw. The piece in the front ended up becoming a bench for my kids playhouse. You can see it here. I am focusing on the piece in the back now. I knew exactly what I wanted it for.

I primed it. I can't even tell you with what because it was just something my husband had. It's latex at least.

I used a jig saw for the first time, and cut the side to make it prettier!

Then I painted the inside of the boxes blue. This is a can of paint I had leftover. I love the cool feel of the colour.

I love bead board as I am sure lots of you do too. So I had to add some of that. I used a table saw to cut the pieces to fit the area I wanted.

I glued the bead board on with No More Nails Glue.

I wanted my shelf (I just gave it away!) to have hooks, but I couldn't find any that were cheap enough for my liking... until I went in the hardware aisle at Dollarama! They were perfect! And only $1.25 for 2.

I painted them with black spray paint. The kind you don't need primer for (that's my kind all right!).

See how much prettier they are now!

Then I painted everywhere else on the shelf with just a matte latex stark white colour.

Ready?

Ta Da!

Now, here is the part I haven't finished yet, see the white line at the bottom under the bead board. I have to caulk it so you don't see the gap. And besides the fact that I haven't hung her up yet is also incomplete... but hey, that won't stop me from taking a few shots of how it will be.

Can I just say, this is no small piece of furniture! I had to use every arm and neck muscle to hoist this up on my dresser to get a few pictures. Needless to say it will be secured to the wall into the studs!

So a reminder of the start:

This...

Became...

A bench for my kids playhouse,

And...

A shelf for their bedroom.

So, does anybody have a hutch they feel like chopping in half now?

8 comments:

Great job!I love that turquoise colour at the moment. I did some old louved doors in a similar colour & then did white over the top & distressed it.Love the beadboard look down the bottom too, just perfect!